[Reader-list] [Sarai] Film Screenings, October 24

[Tanveer Kaur]

*The Sarai Programme, CSDS*
invites you to film screenings
*

Tracing the Arc* and *A Million Steps*
Directed by *Pankaj Butalia*

*
Thursday, October 24, 4:30 pm*
Venue: Seminar Room, CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi - 110054


Please join us for Tea at 4.00 pm
Screenings will be followed by discussion with the Director


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*About the films:*

*Tracing the Arc, 38 min, 2003 *

The Great Arc was a phenomenal achievement of applied science in British
India between 1802 and 1843. It was an attempt to measure the curvature of
the earth’s surface under the guise of cartographic and military necessity.
The film attempts to recreate the stupendous effort and look at some of its
implications.
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A Million Steps, 22 mins, 2003 *

In the 1860’s, the British, keen to know the terrain of Tibet in case the
Russians invaded India through Lhasa, trained Indian surveyors to disguise
themselves, enter Tibet and carry on surveys incognito. Over the next
twenty years, many Indian surveyors, known today as the ‘Pundits’, entered
Tibet disguised as monks or traders and carried out the most authoritative
surveys of their time and contributed to the map of Asia. This film is a
short documentary attempting to look at the adventures of three of these
surveyors.

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Tanveer
Programme Coordinator
Sarai-CSDS
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)
29, Rajpur Road
Delhi - 110054